Josephine Barron was born in Falls County, Texas, the daughter of Thomas Hudson Barron and Mary Jane Shelton on May 26, 1864. She married Joseph Layfette Litteral in McLennan County in 1879. Twelve children were born to this union; Claud, Carrie, Lizzie, Ron, Kate, Hallie, Thedford, Ema, May, Ben, Alford and an unnamed infant son. Josephine died on April 12, 1899 in Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma at the age of 34.